Names that are growing on me:Emmeline- I saw that movie with Brooke Shields, and I love the name! I still like Emma, but this might be a good alternative. Pheobe- I used to think this name was terrible, but it has a cute charm to it. Charlotte- this is adorable and sophisticatedGeorgia - this is actually my great-aunt's name, but it is cute.Virginia- not so thrilled with all of the "Virgin" jokes, but the nn Ginny is cute.

So, obviously my tastes vary. What kinda makes me sad is, since the names don't all go great together (and it is highly unlikely I will be able to use all of these names), I will have to choose the names I can use when I name my first child (ex. Ellery might not go well with, say, Anthony or any of the other Italian names). Either way, my first daughter will be named LeahChristine (the mn after my mother), and if I were to have a girl right after her, I would probably name her SadieMichelle, and a third daughter would likely be LydiaRose. Girls tend to run in my family, and even if I were to have all sons biologically, I plan to adopt anyway, and I could use more of my favorite names with them.

Re: Obsessive Teen Name Loving(:

I have loved names for about ten years now (I am almost 24) so I was definitely one of those teens. I don't remember a lot of favorites because they changed so frequently.
I do remember I loved Nikolo for a while. Also Adrian, Mason, Chase and David. I still like David.
For girls, I liked Isabella (before Twilight was out), Teague, Jaide and for a little while I loved Christina. I still really like Isabella.
In my late teens I was always looking for unusual names. Not way out there, but infrequently heard. I also played with spellings alot, such as Daevyd (nn Daevy) or Jaekub. I was really big on "ae" names for a while, but I grew out of that. I was also huge on J names, and I still like those alot. At some point in high school, I settled on James for a boy's middle name, and Rose for a girl, and I still like those.
I still seem to like ones that aren't heard often... for instance, I named my daughter Emmeline (a name I'd never even heard of until a few months ago).
All in all I would say my name tastes are similar to my teen years, but they have evolved a little. And, for the most part, I don't play with the spelling anymore.